IQ4U

By Dr. James Norrie, Dr. Tamara Schwartz

What's IQ4U about?

Welcome to IQ4You, with Dr. James Norrie and Dr. Tamara Schwartz, a podcast feature on human behaviour, specifically where risk and rules intersect in our everyday lives. Join us for an engaging discussion as we explore our personal and workplace persona, and how a better understanding of our instincts can affect personal and professional outcomes.

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IQ4U episodes:

11.14.2023
Ep. 5: Am I FAIR? What is a MAM? Why Does NIST 2.0 Matter?
Explore the dynamic landscape of cybersecurity regulation changes in our fifth Podcast series, anchored by the SEC's impactful cybersecurity reporting rules. Delve into the intricacies of FAIR (Factor Analysis for Information Security) and its role in quantifying information risk, while...
11.09.2023
Ep. 4: Does Being a CISO Create Personal Legal Liability for Me?
11.03.2023
Ep.3: Managing Risk at Your Existing Perimeter & The New Tactical Edge
A short podcast series designed to help global security, compliance, and risk professionals affected by new SEC Cybersecurity Disclosure rules to unpack practical steps you can take immediately to align to both the spirit and intent of these new regulations.Visit...
10.29.2023
Ep.2: Annual Plans for Your Risk Management Strategy & Governance (Form 10-K)
In our second episode, Dr. Norrie discusses the SEC's new cybersecurity disclosure rules, emphasizing a shift from measuring cybersecurity efforts to providing measurable success in risk containment within predefined tolerance levels. The regulations require companies to describe their processes for...
10.24.2023
Ep.1: A Primer on Timely Disclosure (Form 8-K)
Our first episode discusses the challenges companies face with the new SEC disclosure rules set to become effective on December 15th. Two main issues are highlighted: firstly, how to quickly determine if a material breach has occurred, and secondly, how...
10.23.2023
Intro: SEC Disclosure Series
A short podcast series designed to help global security, compliance, and risk professionals affected by new SEC Cybersecurity Disclosure rules to unpack practical steps you can take immediately to align to both the spirit and intent of these new regulations.Visit...
06.02.2021
In Risk, All's Well that Ends Well
Nothing lasts forever, so we do what we can to make things last. And yet the more we enjoy something, the more painful it is when it ends. It all comes down to risk and reward trade-offs. Do you regret...
05.20.2021
Individual Risk Perception and Investment Decisions and Actions
Why does someone accept a risk or not? What rewards make us embrace more risk than we might otherwise be typically comfortable with? And how do we use information to assess those risks? This constant risk-reward calculus – underpinned by...
05.05.2021
How Radicalism Goes Mainstream
Events like the recent Georgia mass murder at local massage parlors, the storming of the Capitol on January 6th, and the expansion of militia activity in the United States have people asking, “how did this happen?” But this type of...
04.21.2021
The Solar Winds are Blowing
In early 2020 hackers (purportedly Russians according to US Intelligence sources), secretly embedded malicious code into the Texas-based company's "Orion" product. This middleware was widely used by over 33,000 organizations to manage IT resources, including most of the US government....
04.07.2021
The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
People like power, which comes in many forms, but we know from past experience that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Artificial Intelligence sits at the nexus of two forms of power, technology and information. On this episode of...
03.31.2021
AI Arms Race
We don’t know who said it first, but “It’s difficult to make predictions, especially about the future.” Maybe so, but that doesn’t stop us from trying to invent a crystal ball. The pursuit of predictive artificial intelligence is a grail...
03.17.2021
Hickory Dickory Dock, the U.S. Banned TikTok
TikTok is a pop culture phenomenon! The social networking service owned by the Chinese company ByteDance is used to make and share a variety of short-form videos ranging in content from music to dance to comedy. So how did a...
03.03.2021
5G mobile networking...the Next Generation
Advertisements for 5G networks emerged a few months ago, but what is 5G, and how is it going to fundamentally change networking? Eugina Jordan of Parallel Wireless returns for another conversation with Dr. Tamara Schwartz to discuss the implications of...
02.24.2021
Open RAN...We RAN all night and day
RAN - Radio Access Network is the technology that enables mobile networking. Legacy systems in the 4G network are undergoing a radical change. Tightly coupled hardware and software are following an industry pattern, becoming disaggregated to enable innovation via new...
02.17.2021
Hacking is a Continuous Learning Behavior
Pop culture portrays hackers as criminals or angst inspired teens, but a study of cyberattacks reveals that hackers are continuous learners driving by curiosity and a competitive nature. Dr. Tamara Schwartz is joined by cybersecurity expert Gene Dragotta of Seacoast...
02.10.2021
Gamer Girls
eSports, aka first person shooter games, are a growing phenomenon, with players skewing male. However, 2 - 4% of players are female, and they seem to share many personality attributes that influence their risk behavior. Dr. Tamara Schwartz is again...
02.03.2021
Welcome to the World of eSports
Video gaming and eSports, have replaced music as the most important aspect of youth culture. The global gaming industry took in approximately 180 billion USD in 2020, and it continues to grow! Dr Tamara Schwartz is joined by Dr....
01.27.2021
Hybrid Warfare and the Battle Without Boundaries
Dr. James Norrie and Dr. Tamara Shwartz discuss the recent events of the FBI indicting 6 Russian GRU operatives for a range of cyberattacks that took place over the last several years and what this Russian hybrid warfare means for...
01.20.2021
The Sound of Silence
We'll be discussing how risk profiles intersect with our behavior on social media and how that is impact our world.
01.13.2021
How do I ask for a raise at work?
A really simple thing that most of us at some point have had to think about or do. This is the perfect blend of risk and reward. Turns out how you approach getting paid what you are worth is dictated...
01.06.2021
Risky Business
Risky business - sex work goes virtual. Its called the world's oldest profession but label it as such is ignoring the significant disruption that technology has visited upon this industry. Its fostered a whole lot of entrepreneurial growth which begs...
12.09.2020
Becoming Cyborg
Join Dr. Tamara Schwartz on why her favorite analogy that fits todays cyber space environment is using the concept of the Borg "You will be assimilated, resistance is futile!". And how we have all become "cyborg" without paying attention.
11.25.2020
Find your crayons, it's time to draw your redline.
To cross the redline is a phrase tracing back to the 1970's meaning a figurative point of no return. A limit past which safety can no longer be guaranteed. But how do we define the redline? We will discuss our...
11.18.2020
Big Tech and Bigger Lies
On today’s episode of IQ4U we explore my Amazon best-seller – Cybercon: Protecting Ourselves from Big Tech and Bigger Lies. What makes this such an intrigue topic that we deserve your attention? Well…because we are going to explore why...
11.11.2020
What is IQ4U all about?
Ever found yourself in a situation where you did something dumb and you ask yourself why? Or wondering aloud whether the whole world feels about something the way you feel about it? All of these speak deeply to our personality...
11.04.2020
Prologue
Welcome to IQ4U! This introductory episode with our host Dr. James Norrie explains what to expect in our podcast journey together through the world of cyber security.

What's IQ4U about?

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IQ4U episodes:

Ep. 5: Am I FAIR? What is a MAM? Why Does NIST 2.0 Matter?

Ep. 4: Does Being a CISO Create Personal Legal Liability for Me?

Ep.3: Managing Risk at Your Existing Perimeter & The New Tactical Edge

Ep.2: Annual Plans for Your Risk Management Strategy & Governance (Form 10-K)

Ep.1: A Primer on Timely Disclosure (Form 8-K)

Intro: SEC Disclosure Series

In Risk, All's Well that Ends Well

Individual Risk Perception and Investment Decisions and Actions

How Radicalism Goes Mainstream

The Solar Winds are Blowing

The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence

AI Arms Race

Hickory Dickory Dock, the U.S. Banned TikTok

5G mobile networking...the Next Generation

Open RAN...We RAN all night and day

Hacking is a Continuous Learning Behavior

Gamer Girls

Welcome to the World of eSports

Hybrid Warfare and the Battle Without Boundaries

The Sound of Silence

How do I ask for a raise at work?

Risky Business

Becoming Cyborg

Find your crayons, it's time to draw your redline.

Big Tech and Bigger Lies

What is IQ4U all about?

Prologue